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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
That would be the general concept. You could decide to throw in DE as well.
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Delaware only has two teams right now (1370 and 365). While both teams attended the Washington DC regional this year, both also consider the Philadelphia regional their "home event." I don't think either would like to be locked into one "region" but if they had to chose, I bet they'd select whichever one Philadelphia was in.
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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
I'm not sure how you figure this would be a detriment to the NC teams, though. They could choose to go to one event with the same travel costs as they have today (likely less, one less night lodging), and play more games. And it would be a great incentive to increase the number of teams in NC, a state which is very underrepresented at present. They should be able to field not just one district, but 2 or 3 based on population.
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With the current TEAM population/density, North Carolina wouldn't warrant a single district. Instead of paying the travel costs once (as the current system), they'll have to do it twice (three times for those who qualify for VSC). This is especially tough for the NC teams that typically select Peachtree and Palmetto (1533, 2655, etc) instead of VCU.
While you cut the Thursday out of the travel costs (aside of the state championship), you easily make that up by adding a whole second trip. Similar statements can be said for Southeastern and Southwestern Va teams.
Eventually NC might mandate their own districts, which would be terrific, but eventually isn't now. Right now, a district system doesn't make sense for this area. Too few teams would see any real travel cost reduction (I can't find any, given the high density areas already have regionals).